Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, March 12, 2015 threatened to revoke the bail granted by the court to one Joseph Amaechi and thirteen others who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on charges of conspiracy and illegal oil bunkering. The other accused are: Israel Friday, Ubadia Francis, Abayomi Adebisi, Abdullahi Idris, Samuel Job, Onah Peter Ode, Sabo Tasha Hassan, Abdullahi Moh’d, Abubakar Abdulkadir, Ehiogu Paul, Ibrahim Saidu, Garba Mohammed and Bartholomew Onyema. The fourteen suspected oil thieves were docked on May 9, 2013, on a…
Author: Kunle Edun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 10, 2015 arraigned Samuel Denedo, Okpako Ejiro and a company, Denox Trust MPCS Limited before Justice M.T Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Warri, Delta State on a 2- count charge bordering on Conspiracy and Obtaining Money by False Pretence to the tune of N643, 000.00 (Six Hundred and Forty Three Thousand Naira). The accused persons allegedly collected various sums of monies from unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of running an investment scheme, for which they were promised mouth watery interest.But they diverted the funds to their own…
A suspected fraudster, Emeofa Michael Ikechukwu (Alias Michael Briggs) was on March 10, 2015 docked before Justice H.A Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 9-count charge bordering on personation, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of more than $127,457. The accused person allegedly obtained the sum from his Swiss girlfriend whom he tricked into investing in a non- existent timber business. Ikechukwu allegedly met his victim on a dating site in February 2013 and struck a relationship that blossomed into promise of…
Justice Abba B. Mohammed of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Jabi, Abuja on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 refused an application brought by one Ibrahim Mohammed Bashir and Steve Imokhe seeking to quash a 13-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, forgery, impersonation, criminal conversion and obtaining under false pretence preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Bashir and Imokhe, who are second and third accused persons in the suit respectively, are standing trial alongside Ibrahim Mohammed Kamba and Hassan Argungu, first accused and fourth accused respectively, for their criminal complicity in the sale…
A former Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Bukola Saraki, ex-governor of Kwara State, and incumbent Commissioner for Information in the Abdulfathah Ahmed administration, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, will on March 19, 2015 be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before a Federal High Court, Ilorin Kwara State, for offences bordering on abuse of office, awarding contracts to his cronies, embezzlement, diversion of public funds, and money laundering. Also to be docked by the anti-graft agency is Ope Saraki, cousin and Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor Ahmed. Moronfoye is alleged to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 arraigned the quartet of Emmanuel Nehemiah, Thomas Dauda Boman, Jemila Abdulrahman Garba and Francis Kato David, alongside their companies: Geldaps Ezofom Services Limited and Geldaps Investment Nigeria Limited before Justice M. M Kolo of the FCT High Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja, on a fifteen-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraud and criminal breach of trust. The quartet allegedly swindled fifty subscribers to the tune of N242, 178,272.00 (two hundred and forty two million, one hundred and seventy eight thousand, two hundred and seventy two naira), in a bogus…
The duo of Adaobi Ofoma Chuke and Chief James Ofoma were on Monday, March 9, 2015 arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice B.M. Agishir of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu State on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining properties by false pretence to the tune of N58million. One of the charges read: “That you Adaobi A. Ofoma Chuke and Chief James Ofoma sometime in March, 2010 at Enugu within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court did conspire with each other to commit felony to wit: Obtaining Properties by False Pretence and…
Judgement in the case of money laundering involving Micheal Igbinedion, Patrick Eboigbodin and their four companies, today suffered yet another adjournment as the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State for the third time, failed to deliver its ruling. Justice J. Liman who apologised for the several adjournments, said ruling on the matter will now be made on April 17, 2015. He explained that the first adjournment was due to the protracted judiciary strike that ended in February, while the second was as a result of his ill- health. “I promise that this will be the last adjournment…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 9, 2015, arraigned one Eze Mark Anthony, Managing Director, Dominus Vobiscum Investment Limited, before Justice B.M Agishir of the Federal High Court, Enugu State on an 11-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N670million. The accused person is being prosecuted for allegedly diverting depositors’ funds to personal use. His company, Dominus Vobiscum Investment Limited, had entered into short-term and long-term agreements with some depositors. According to the terms of agreement, customers who deposited the sum of N26, 000.00 (Twenty Six Thousand Naira) per slot…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 9, 2015 arraigned Bulus Adamu Samuel, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Gombe State on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, contract scam, misappropriation of public funds, theft and abuse of office. The accused who was formerly Chairman of Shongom Local Government, of the State, was arraigned before Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe. Samuel, while being the council boss allegedly inflated a contract for the electrification of 17.5 Km route covering nine villages in the Shongom Local Government Council awarded to Tican Engineering…